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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Shopping List Activity

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Right after our Thanksgiving week off, my school psychologist gave me a shopping game he thought I might be able to use with my kids. It w...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

2015 Christmas Card Displays

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Here are a few of the displays I received from classrooms participating in the Christmas Card Exchange this year. I love them all!!! I have...
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Sunday, November 15, 2015

2015 Christmas Card Exchange!

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It's that time of year for our annual (2nd, lol) Christmas Card Exchange! Please send your info to the email provided as soon as pos...
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Friday, October 30, 2015

Community Based Instruction Idea List

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Happy Halloween!! We had a "Harvest Festival" today to celebrate the occasion! There was a pumpkin decorating contest (we won ...
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Saturday, October 10, 2015

Free Resources

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Hi guys! Yesterday I used the last of my fire safety goodies I had ordered from the FEMA website a couple years ago, so I headed over to ord...
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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Grocery Store - UPDATE!!!

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 Our first lesson in our mini grocery store is complete! My boss was gracious enough to find me the shelving and it's perfect! We al...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Vocational Skills - Grocery Store

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Look at all these great grocery store items we received in the mail last week from DonorsChoose!! I have been trying to get more activ...
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Saturday, September 12, 2015

Safe and Strong

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I wanted to let you all in on these amazing video's I was introduced to at the autism conference. Walking around the first day, I had t...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Identification Cards

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I made these cards up a few years ago and tried to pitch them to a few teachers and got some pretty bad reviews, so I put it on the b...
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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Morning Meeting Update

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My first full week with the kids is complete! After having a couple tough kids the last few years, this year I have been majorly blessed w...
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Monday, August 24, 2015

Autism Update

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With the new school year arriving, I have had little time to get out this plethora of information I hold from the conference I attended in...
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Saturday, August 15, 2015

New "school" Years Resolutions!

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It's that time of the year again folks. The time of year teachers make our new school year resolutions. Whether it's new things we...
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Saturday, August 8, 2015

GPS For Our Kids

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I have sooooo many things I want to tell you that I learned at the conference I just attended!! But, before I get to all my notes and try ...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Today Is A Good Day For A Good Day

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Sorry for the quiet this summer I have a lot going on! Got the news that my classroom would be moving during ESY(packed a lot of stuff). I s...
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Movie Trailer Monday!!!

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  We are down to the last 5 days of ESY!! I found out last Wednesday that I will be moving into a new classrooms next year. So, not only a...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Social Skills Activity

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Summer school (ESY) is in full swing. 12 days down 8 to go! So much has been going on in the last two weeks. I sold my house and bought a ...
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

ESY 2015

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Well, we have just about made it through another school year. I have 3 half days to go and I'm sure they are going to fly by. Next Thu...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Microwave, Stove & Oven Practice

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  Is everyone enjoying their Easter break? I am halfway through mine and really really enjoying the time off!  I got an email last we...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

"They Don't Understand What We're Saying"

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Last week I had a new instructional assistant start in my classroom. Since I run my room completely different than 95% of the other classe...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

College Classes on Campus

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I wanted to share with you something pretty cool that's been going on in our program for the last few years. Cal State University is a...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Lego Therapy

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Here is another great activity I heard about at the teacher in-service I attended last month. Lego therapy! Here is an excerpt from anothe...
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My name is Karen and I work in a high school transition program for students ages 18 - 22. I teach life skills ,social skills, community awareness and job skills.
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